News
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Bag2School Scheme Raises Funds for PTFA
Our PTFA make a huge difference to the school – whether it be providing new minibuses, supporting the major renovation work in the theatre, setting up new computers in the library, or providing the seating for the canteen, and our school would be a lot poorer without them. One of […]
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U16 Girls Hockey
As a warm up in preparation for tournaments to come the U16 girls team pencilled in a friendly against their local rivals. A scratch team – affected by after-school boosters, school shows, etc – with only 10 players still put on a strong performance whilst falling to defeat. Lichfield Cathedral […]
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U13 Hockey Festival Against King Edwards
Despite a cold night the teams battled in a hockey tournament against King Edwards hosted by Lichfield Hockey Club finishing 1st overall. We say the Year 8 boys come out on top, the Y8 girls placed third, and the Y7 boys fourth. The overall score sheet ended with 3 wins, […]
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National Children’s Orchestra Success
We are delighted to report that Maisie Botfield (7S1) has been offered a place on flute in the National Children’s Orchestra Projects programme in 2023. There are four project ensembles that meet for 2 weekends of music making and Maisie will be playing with the Midlands ensemble in Birmingham. […]
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Y8 Netball Team Shine
The girls kicked off their season with an away match versus local rivals, King Edwards. With a team consisting of a few new players, we decided to go in with a game plan: “What can we learn from the match?”. The girls fought continually, making great interceptions, and snatching the […]
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Enterprise Club
Our Enterprise Club has been running this term and the teams are ready to sell their products to see if they can make a profit which they can then build up further, The teams have been given a £10 repayable investment by the school and they are all running their […]
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Year 12 Employability Workshop and Interviews
As part of The Friary’s Raising Aspirations Programme, we held our Employability and Mock Interview Workshops for Year 12 students. The first half of the morning workshop aimed to provide an opportunity for each student to understand the importance of employability skills by making a great first impression, using effective […]
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Broadening Staff Expertise at The Friary
We are blessed at our school to have a committed staff body but we wanted to flag up the benefits we get from those amongst our staff who take up places on the Governing Bodies at other local schools. We have had staff go out as governors to visit schools […]
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Anti-Bullying Week
Anti-Bullying Week is organised by the Anti-Bullying Alliance and takes place annually across the country. The theme this year is ‘Reach Out’ with the aim of encouraging young people to reach out for support or reach out to someone who needs support. During the week students were involved in a […]
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Coming Soon – Xmas Carol Concert at Lichfield Cathedral
Our annual Christmas Carol Concert at Lichfield Cathedral is on the horizon – so even if we have now set you panicking about not having got started yet for the big day – do pencil in to come along between 7.00-8.00pm on Monday 28 November. The event will include all […]
